Apparatus for aerial signaling and similar purposes.



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APPLIOATIOI PILIID P128. 1911.

1,038,506. Patented Sept}. 10,1912.

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To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Wmaau G. Semen, a citizen of the United states of America, residing at 'tlew York city, borou h of Man hattan, county and State of New ork, ha vo invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Ap' aratus for Arlal' Signaling and Similar ii -poses; of which thefollowmiiis a specification.

y invention relatesto signaling-devices for use in the upper atmosphere, and means for supporting the same.

It is well understood telegraph ap increased as t that with wireless aratus the range of action is e height'of the antennas is increased, but suchheight islinnted both on lan'dand on shipboard by st'ructural'considerations.

I My invention'comprises a special form of kite for maintaining such antenngc at a very hi elevation.

a view of the perfection of flying ma chines andthhir proposed use in warfare, it

becomes-importantto devisem'eans for ob} taininginformation of the approach 9f such machines at nighttime and'of destroying the same. As it 1s well known that sounds travel far in the' quiet rarefied regions of the ing aero atmosphereJ pro ose to mount a telephone transmitter. on a" 'te 'or-kites, and connect same withthe ship orfortification below, .so that the noiseofthe motor of an approachl'ane-canbeheard eta great distancean its-position lodatedp d means for destroy ng it put into operation. Thebest-zjtorm of. 'gPPBmtus. at present known to; me -embody1ng m y- ;1nvent1on is illhustlix ated in the mgcoinpanpng -dran 'virig"1a w1cjv'-="-.'.-.

Figure 1 'is-w-frontviewot a-k te. Fig. 2 is a side-view of said kit with"telephone'at-. tachment; Figi-tl'is a ding-am bf two-kites arranged'inr tandem 'wi telephone" and wireless. atthchments. {is e. detail' of .anv automaticfswitch controlling-the. circuit for telephone andawireless'iap aratus.

' u ou raw n s ik lmfma characters;indicateglike phrtsi 1 1-. is a kitefoij anylsuitabl' term: havin a foldin parachute attachment? attach -to it; T egkitegis nanaged by. 'afdoublefllcOrd, one strand; 3.' of whic is connected many. suitable. manner tothe kite, and" the. other strand 40f; which is connected to the arm chute so't-hat' tension on it will unfo (To);

open the parachute. Preferabl sliding' guide loops 5 holdthe two stran within a re lated distance one' of the other.

he action of the-kite so far described is that when'tension is a plied to the strand 3 of the'kit'e string the ite may be flown and manain the ordinary' way, while it stran {8 is left loose and tension is applied to strand-4 when the kite is-i'n the air, the

parachute 2 will'openand help to retardthe kite in falling in case the wind should decrease in velocity. a

To the parachute kite so constructed or to stem 0 them I propose to apply various evices for sending or receiving signals and other sounds through the upper atmosphere and doing other work. Thus in Fig. 2, 6- represents a telephone transmittermountedsp am mm mm Patented se e.1o,1912. Application 8,1911. QQXEI'IO. 348,330; v

onthe kite with its terminal 7 connected. to

cord .4 which in this-.case is made a conduc tor, while its other terminal 8 is connected through a detonating device in the dynamite cartridge 9, to an extension of strand 3 of the kite cord which is also-made a can notor. 10-is' a homer sound collector collecting the'sound waves from one direction to concentrate them 'on the telephone diaphragm. With this device the operator on the ground'can listen for the sound ofa flying machine motor and jud from the kite; This w'oul be particularly useful at night. -When the-sound indicates of its distance that the machine is near enough to the toleph'one,-.a current sentthrough strands 3 and 4 will-"detonate the'dynam ite cartridge "and destIOY Ihe-flying machine] To ti" parachute kite may also be attached the antennae ofJ'a wireless telegra )h a paratuggoobtainingan unusual heig t 0 ex p'osutp for such antennae. Such an apparatifa'is'illustratedin Fig.3, where'll is a second kite having'itsf arachute 12 connected toikit'el bgthe anttimclti. The cord 3 ct the'ffirist kite 'paes'.t. roughit and hasfabutton-lion the 'ot-herrnde'. From the point 14 the cordEBcontiilues as a'canductor 15 passiagthroa a; a bldck br"rii ifi; 16.on kite. 11,

' e conductor 15 hi .w hep fra fi icontinues to'the ground, or' sh 'ip' 17, as shown "at 19C" 'If usedfinfconnectiofi with a ship li',

it is prcternbly'passed through'a---floatl 18 to prevent'itsfoul ng'the ships rigging. The telephonetransmitter 6 and dynamite cartridge!) maythen be mounted oakite 1 as before and connected to conductor 15--l! BEST AVAlLABLE COPY Cord 4 which is connected direct to para- 'chute 2, and through antenna: 13 to. pnt':\-- chute 12, 18 made ot conductmg material.

In operating this apparatus both parachutesgare collapsed w ion the tension is on I cord and said parachutes are opened when the tension is on cord 4. When the circuit from the wireless sendin apparatus on the ship is put in circuit wit 1 conductors 4 and 0 erator is using the wireless he; will'be pc- .riodically interrupted and the telephone warning on the approachof a flying machine given to him. Sacha device is indicated in ig. 4, whore 20 is the shaft, 21 a switch operated thereby over contacts 23, 28, connected to the wires 4 and 19 through a wireless a paratus W, and contacts 22, 22, connecte with wires 4' and 19 through a telephone receiver T.

I am aware that kites have heretofore been employed in the wireless telegraph art to support the antcnmc and do not claim any such arrangement broadly.

Having, therefore, described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination of a kite, a-set of antennm for wireless telegraphing suspended therefrom, and conductors extending from tors extending from each end of the antennze and arach'ute to serve as means for opera ting t 1cm.

5. The combination of a kite, a parachute attachment thereto, an electric signaling device carried by the kite, a conductor cloctrically connei-tcd to one pole of the signaling device and mechanically connected to the kite, and a second conductor clcctriealtv connected to the other ole of the signaling device and mechanically connected to the parachute.

. tenure for wireless telegraphing also attached thereto, a conductor electrically con .nected to one pole of the telephone, and to one end of the antenmc, a second conductor electrically connected to the-other pole of thetelephone and a third conductor electrically connected to the other end of the antenure, certain of the conductors being mechanically connected to the kite and serving as means for operating same.

'L'Ihe'combination of -a kite, a telephone transmitter attached thereto, a set of antenmc for wireless .telegraphing also at nected to one pole of the telephone, and to one end of the antennae, a second conductor electrically connected to the other pole of the telephone and athird conductor electri cally connected to the other end of the antennae, one of the conductors extending to the ground being branched, a telephone reeach end of the antennae to the earth, saicPeiver included in 'one branch, a wireless rccohductors also serving as cords for operating the kite. 3

2. The combination of two kites ari-an ed in tandem, aset of antennas for wire ess telegraphing stretched between the kites audconductors extendingfrom each end of the antennae to the cart antenna: and to the kite, and a second conductor connected to the other end of the antennae and to the parachute, whereby the kite and parachute may be operated from the ground, and an electricjcircuit is establishcd through the antenna. to the ground. 4. The combination of two kites arran ed in tandem, a set'ot antennas for wire ess telegraphing stretched between the kites, a

parachute attachment for each kite, conducsaid conductors" 1 also serving as cords for operating the kites.

ended from the other is c'onnecte ceiving ap aratus included in' the other branch, an a-switch for alternately closing one branch and opening the other.

8 /The combination of a kite, a telephone transmitter attached thereto, a set of antennie fortvireless tel cfraphing aiso'attnchcd thereto, a conductor e cctrically' connected to one pole of the telephone, and to one end of the antenna, a second conductor electrically connected to the other pole of the telephone to the other end 'of the antennae, said second and third conductors extending to the earth, a telcphone-receiver'and a wireless receiving apparatus adapted to. be placed, in circuitwith said conductors,and means fercutt-ing out one receivin apparatus whenever the in circuit. 1 WILLIAM G. SPIEGEL. Witnesses: g

. AbPABICER fimrm, M. Gacmwroan.

tached thereto, a conductor electrically couto the ground, and also connected to the kites 6."The combination of a kite, atelcphonc transmitter attached thereto, a set of ana and a third conductor electrically connected 

